Pioneering privacy-native decentralized lending on @horizenglobal. Shielded positions, agent-first access, and opt-in auditability for the next era of DeFi.
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Everytime you open a position on a DeFi lending protocol, you're broadcasting your entire financial strategy to the world.
Your collateral. Your debt. Your exact liquidation price.
This isn't a bug. It's how public blockchains work.
And it's costing you.🧵
NoctFinance retweeted
STARTUPS
11 teams from 6 countries across 3 continents, selected worldwide: @Noct_finance, @GachaGalaxyHQ, @velum_horizen, @Detentlabs, @AustralFinance, Synsema, @zCredLabs, @layrslab, metaMe, PREVA and m402.
Private lending, confidential trading vaults, agent payments, onchain identity, transaction security and more. Every one of these products has sensitive logic that needs to stay private and results that need to be verifiable.
Compliance is officially moving onchain, but your financial data shouldn't have to live in the public eye. As the ecosystem adopts built-in regulatory checks, the future of decentralized capital markets relies on creating secure layers where user confidentiality is the standard.
Base signed an MOU with partners to build a compliant DeFi gateway in Japan.
Liquidity pools with built-in AML checks, due mid-2027.
Compliance is moving onchain. Horizen supports builders on Base building regulatory-compliant privacy.
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NoctFinance retweeted
10月15日UTC下午1点，演示日来了
Horizen生态的9家初创公司将在我们的观众和评审团面前进行现场路演。 在演示日进行路演的初创公司有
@velum_horizen、@AustralFinance、@Detentlabs、
@layrslab、@GachaGalaxyHQ、@Noct_finance、
@zCredLabs、metaMe 和 SYNSEMA。
TOMORROW IS THE DEMO DAY!
On Thursday, October 15 at 1PM UTC, 9 startups from the @horizenglobal Acceleration Season will pitch live in front of our audience and judging panel.
The startups pitching at Demo Day are @velum_horizen, @AustralFinance, @Detentlabs, @layrslab, @GachaGalaxyHQ, @Noct_finance, @zCredLabs, metaMe and SYNSEMA.
It’s a wrap. Massive thanks to the @crecimientoar team and @horizenglobal for an amazing Acceleration Season. We've built the engine for secure, encrypted lending now it's time to scale.
🔴 LIVE DEMO DAY
Demo Day with @horizenglobal is live. The startups from the cohort are pitching to a panel of VCs and angels, with a global audience tuning in.
Watch live!
teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1yGBePqjm…
NoctFinance retweeted
Making privacy practical takes more than a vision. It takes a roadmap.
See what we're building toward across 7 areas 👇
🎥 @cryptomas45
NoctFinance retweeted
big day for the Horizen Acceleration Season!!
for the past 6 weeks, I’ve had chance to work alongside incredibly talented teams from around the world as they turned their ideas into real solutions built on Vela.
today, they take the stage.
watch their journey live 👇
Demo Day — Horizen Acceleration Season | Crecimiento teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1yGBePqjm…
We’re thrilled to present Noct Finance live on stage at the @horizenglobal x @crecimientoar Demo Day this October 15th!
Private, confidential execution on Horizen Vela is here. You don’t want to miss what we’ve built!
🗓️ Oct 15
🔗 Tune in live & watch us pitch!
DEMO DAY — HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON
The day is here. Next Thursday, October 15, the startups selected for the @horizenglobal Acceleration Season take the stage for Demo Day.
After six weeks of building on Vela, each team will pitch live to the audience, VCs, angels and a group of guest judges. Their moment to shine.
NoctFinance retweeted
WEEK 4 — HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON
The third week of the 6-week program with @horizenglobal is done, where we're working with startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
We opened the week with a group mentoring session, and @CliveOnchain met 1:1 with some of the startups to learn more about their products. Midweek, Paolo Cappelletti and Sara Tontodonati from the Horizen team held office hours. On Thursday, @s_cintioli_ and @Wenlopezn ran 1:1 mentoring sessions, and today we closed the week with a GTM masterclass by Alejo Rial, Head of Business Development & Funding at Crecimiento.
A packed but amazing week!
WEEK 3 — HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON
The third week of the 6-week program with @horizenglobal is done, where we're working with startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
We opened the week with a group mentoring session, followed by office hours with @smilewithkhushi, DevRel at Horizen, who answered questions and gave feedback on last week's deliverables. On Thursday, the @22studio_io team and @matut_eth ran 1:1 mentoring sessions, and today we closed the week with a masterclass on Brand Product Fit by Walter Vega and Gabriel Comino of The Brand Side.
A packed but amazing week!
NoctFinance retweeted
BRAND PRODUCT FIT — MASTERCLASS
This week's Horizen Acceleration Season Masterclass was led by @waltervvega and Gabriel Comino of @thebrandsidexyz.
They presented the brand as the fifth element of growth. It sits above market, product, channel and model, and ties all four together, so everything a startup builds, sells and communicates points in the same direction.
WEEK 3 — HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON
The third week of the 6-week program with @horizenglobal is done, where we're working with startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
We opened the week with a group mentoring session, followed by office hours with @smilewithkhushi, DevRel at Horizen, who answered questions and gave feedback on last week's deliverables. On Thursday, the @22studio_io team and @matut_eth ran 1:1 mentoring sessions, and today we closed the week with a masterclass on Brand Product Fit by Walter Vega and Gabriel Comino of The Brand Side.
A packed but amazing week!
NoctFinance retweeted
WEEK 3 — HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON
The third week of the 6-week program with @horizenglobal is done, where we're working with startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
We opened the week with a group mentoring session, followed by office hours with @smilewithkhushi, DevRel at Horizen, who answered questions and gave feedback on last week's deliverables. On Thursday, the @22studio_io team and @matut_eth ran 1:1 mentoring sessions, and today we closed the week with a masterclass on Brand Product Fit by Walter Vega and Gabriel Comino of The Brand Side.
A packed but amazing week!
WEEK 2 — HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON
The second week of the 6-week program with @horizenglobal is done, where we're working with startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
We kicked off the week with a group mentoring session, followed by a masterclass with Paolo Cappelletti, Technical Lead at Horizen Labs. Midweek, we held office hours with @smilewithkhushi, DevRel at Horizen, to answer questions, polish details, and get ready for the first deliverable due Friday. Meanwhile, @Franacc_, @delegate_call, and @fradiquegv were available on Thursday for 1:1 mentoring.
A packed but amazing week!
NoctFinance retweeted
Solid breakdown of where Horizen stands today.
Appreciate the deep dive on privacy-first infra, @yifi_io. 🔐 $ZEN
🔐 Horizen (ZEN): Privacy-First Onchain Finance
✅ @horizenglobal is now an EVM-native Layer 3 on Base, bringing privacy-focused infrastructure to the Ethereum ecosystem.
✅ With privacy tooling, compliance features, and a growing ecosystem of DeFi and onchain applications, Horizen is building a new approach to private onchain finance.
✅ $ZEN is the native utility and governance token of the ecosystem, with a fixed maximum supply of 21M and ERC-20 integration on Base.
🔄 Swap ZEN Instantly on YiFi!
📘 Dive deeper into Horizen in our full blog article: yifi.io/blog/crypto-guide/ho…
Yifi: yifi.io
TG: t.me/yifi_defi
NoctFinance retweeted
WEEK 2 — HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON
The second week of the 6-week program with @horizenglobal is done, where we're working with startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
We kicked off the week with a group mentoring session, followed by a masterclass with Paolo Cappelletti, Technical Lead at Horizen Labs. Midweek, we held office hours with @smilewithkhushi, DevRel at Horizen, to answer questions, polish details, and get ready for the first deliverable due Friday. Meanwhile, @Franacc_, @delegate_call, and @fradiquegv were available on Thursday for 1:1 mentoring.
A packed but amazing week!
WEEK 1 — HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON
The first week of the 6-week program with @horizenglobal is done, where we're working with startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
We opened with the kickoff and group mentoring, followed by a masterclass with @smilewithkhushi, DevRel & Coordination at Horizen, and closed the week with 1:1s between every startup and the Crecimiento team.
NoctFinance retweeted
Week 2 is officially underway 👀
Technical deep dives.
Mentorship.
Office hours.
1:1 sessions.
@Noct_finance
Public state transparency solves solvency audits, but creates a massive structural inefficiency in DeFi lending:
When health factors and liquidation thresholds sit in a public mempool, borrowers essentially issue free options to searchers. Positions get reverse-engineered, liquidity runs get front-run, and liquidations become predatory rather than stabilizing.
Verifiable solvency does not require broadcasted exposure. Decoupling settlement from execution via zero-knowledge proofs is the natural next primitive for money markets.
The transition from fully transparent debt to shielded execution is inevitable and it’s already happening with @Noct_finance on @horizenglobal.
Coinbase Lend just crossed $500m in deposits on Base.
The credibility signal is real.
What's also real: every position behind that number fully readable for any onchain actor to read and every bot to front-run.
Horizen's private execution layer on Base exists for exactly this problem:
Hold & size your positions without broadcasting them to the whole world.
NoctFinance retweeted
WEEK 1 — HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON
The first week of the 6-week program with @horizenglobal is done, where we're working with startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
We opened with the kickoff and group mentoring, followed by a masterclass with @smilewithkhushi, DevRel & Coordination at Horizen, and closed the week with 1:1s between every startup and the Crecimiento team.
HORIZEN ACELERATION SEASON — KICKOFF!
Today we officially start the 6-week program with the @horizenglobal team, where we'll support 10 selected startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
NoctFinance retweeted
Today we held the first 1:1 meetings with some of the founders from the @horizenglobal Acceleration Season startups.
Together with @santinomiele, we spoke with each of them to get to know them better, and what they are building is worth sharing.
- Gacha Galaxy (@GachaGalaxyHQ): onchain authentication for physical collectibles. We spoke with Matthew, who explained how 3D printed fakes are pushing dealers to verify their cards onchain.
- MetaMe: identity and access infrastructure for both humans and agents. @DeleAtanda walked us through a stablecoin pegged to the US penny, designed so agents can transact below a cent.
- NoctFinance (@Noct_finance): confidential lending built on zero knowledge proofs. @danielx2d_ showed us how a position stays private while the loan still settles onchain.
- DetentLabs (@Detentlabs): transaction security for Web3. @thatjunyu explained how their detection pipeline inspects a transaction and flags it as suspicious before the assets ever leave the wallet.
Very excited about this cohort and what’s coming up in the next few weeks. @crecimientoar
NoctFinance retweeted
HORIZEN ACELERATION SEASON — KICKOFF!
Today we officially start the 6-week program with the @horizenglobal team, where we'll support 10 selected startups from around the world as they grow and integrate Vela, Horizen's confidential coprocessor.
WELCOME TO HORIZEN ACCELERATION SEASON!
These are the startups selected for the six-week Acceleration Season with @horizenglobal. The program starts next Monday, and on October 15 they'll take the stage at Demo Day to show what they built.
Congratulations to @velum_horizen, @AustralFinance, @Detentlabs, @layrslab, @GachaGalaxyHQ, @Noct_finance, @zCredLabs, Preva, m402 and SYNSEMA.
